Objective: To evaluate and describe the
results of an experimental infrared scanning protocol to detect the heat
emission of acupuncture points in the Bladder Meridian stimulated by
acupressureand their influence up and down stream on the
meridian.

Design: A study of 12 health voluntaries
subjected to acupressure on specific Bladder Meridian acupuncture points
that resulted in heat emission measured by an experimental infrared camera
and software processing.

Setting: The study was conducted in the
laboratory of the Thermal Department’s (CERTES)
of the University Paris XII in Créteil, near Paris, France.

Subjects: The subjects consisted of 6
healthy males and females who never had acupuncture.

Interventions: The acupressure stimulus was
a 2 minute modulated finger pressure on the left side of point BL 2. This
two minute stimulation had a rhythm of 3 seconds of pressure followed by
one second pause without releasing skin contact; 2 minutes rest before
acupressure stimulation then 2 minutes of acupressure stimulation and
finally 2 minutes or more post acupressure.

Outcomes measures: Heat was generated on
specific acupuncture points as a consequence of the acupressure
stimulation

Results: Acupressure on BL 2 produced the
highest amount of heat emission on BL 67.

Conclusions:Unknown neurovascular effects of
the organism may explain the high speed thermal activity on the dorsum
foot point BL 67. The mechanism is unknown but measurable.